Asus ROG MAXIMUS X APEX

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 112% UFO	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (98th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 2 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 111%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	65% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	556% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X APEX (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 4.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171221
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 28 '19 at 13:24
Run Duration	300 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 5.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Memory 99.4 1-Core 169 2-Core 328 108% 199 Pts	4-Core 653 8-Core 1134 108% 894 Pts	64-Core 1,400 87% 1,400 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6163) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2327 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.17 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65% Good	Lighting 78.9 Reflection 86 Parallax 82.7 64% 82.5 fps	MRender 83.9 Gravity 77.8 Splatting 81.3 66% 81 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 900P Optane NVMe PCIe 280GB-$160 3,427 User benchmarks, average bench 440% 226GB free (System drive) Firmware: E2010325 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1698 1754 1778 1793 1800 1793 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	556% Outstanding	Read 2,356 Write 1,977 Mixed 2,145 SusWrite 1,769 464% 2,062 MB/s	4K Read 288 4K Write 257 4K Mixed 268 916% 271 MB/s	DQ Read 1,700 DQ Write 1,453 DQ Mixed 1,543 1,166% 1,566 MB/s
Poor: 302% ↑ This bench: 556% Great: 559%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 240GB 13,500 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 172GB free Firmware: 1.0.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 692 290 291 290 289 290 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	157% Outstanding	Read 1,076 Write 944 Mixed 473 SusWrite 357 159% 712 MB/s	4K Read 52.3 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 58.3 218% 77.1 MB/s	DQ Read 471 DQ Write 690 DQ Mixed 296 303% 485 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 157% Great: 133%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 353GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2347 812 814 813 815 813 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	357% Outstanding	Read 2,763 Write 2,562 Mixed 2028 SusWrite 1,069 471% 2,105 MB/s	4K Read 75.8 4K Write 199 4K Mixed 108 358% 127 MB/s	DQ Read 1,670 DQ Write 1,454 DQ Mixed 1,533 1,157% 1,553 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 357% Great: 355%
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 295GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 481 490 494 495 496 495 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 490 Mixed 417 SusWrite 492 108% 480 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 55.6 199% 74.6 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 362 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 124%
WD Black 6TB (2016)-$235 6,443 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 5TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 219 204 211 220 215 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 209 Write 205 Mixed 84 SusWrite 214 130% 178 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 6.4 4K Mixed 0.6 227% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 121%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 9,254 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 4271 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	MC Read 46.3 MC Write 47.3 MC Mixed 32.3 120% 42 GB/s	SC Read 27.3 SC Write 52 SC Mixed 38.9 113% 39.4 GB/s	Latency 39 103% 39 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 117%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG MAXIMUS X APEX

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	176x
Core i7-8086KIntel $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	54x
Core i9-9900KIntel $412Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	22x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	71x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	17x
Titan X PascalNvidia $286Bench 121%, 8,692 samples	16x

SSD
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $139Bench 266%, 63,520 samples	17x
860 Pro 1TBSamsung $300Bench 112%, 8,179 samples	15x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	11x

RAM
Flare X DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GBG.SKILL $73Bench 98%, 54,616 samples	27x
CMT32GX4M2C3200C16 2x16GBCorsairBench 91%, 17,500 samples	16x
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 91%, 1,151 samples	12x

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Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $883

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16